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Tuesday 15 August 2017

Flood

Where I live in the last years floods have increased. Streets turned into rivers, paddocks became lakes and the worst for some people was that their houses were flooded.

We had to be evacuated once in Holland as the dikes nearly broke but luckily we could return safely after a week.

One reason of increased floods is people building more cities in flood prone areas.

Mostly it is however because of global warmingAny damaging substance people release in the atmosphere is an air pollutant, like CO2 from cars and airplanes and methane from gas emitted by livestock. These are some of the causes of global warming which increases the temperature of the earth's oceans and atmosphere. 

The increased temperature leads to more intensity and frequency of droughts, tsunamis, hurricanes, typhoons and floods.
So there you go. We're in for some wetness. 


recent flooding in Christchurch


Prompt for Poets United:  Flood


Flood

Raindrops splashing on the street
exploding into bouncing beads
raising a raging thunderstorm
with a roar and a rumble

A river meandering through town
charcoal clouds looming above
releasing a relentless rainfall
striking the streets with speed

The Eerie sound of a rushing
river, gulping the rain,
spewing murky water
into every seam of life

Me, flooded with thoughts
gazing at the reflection
of destruction asking:
“Mother earth, again? Why?”

An awkward silence follows
as I look at bobbing bottles
as I inhale the stench of
toxins terrorising her.

35 comments:

  1. Sadly,we have no control over climate; never will have. So all the talk about global warming and air pollution leads us nowhere. After all, people won't give up cars, airplanes, etc..
    However, talking about it, writing about it (as you've just done in your poem on floods) is a way of dealing with our frustration.

    I like the imagery in your poem: raindrops like bouncing beads,rainfall striking the streets,the river spewing murky water....

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    1. Thanks and I am afraid you are right that people don't want to give up cars and planes. It is hard to just watch people destroy the planet

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  2. Hi Marja - the weather has always changed over centuries ... people don't help - bad planning, lack of understanding sadly lead to devastating floods - they will continue to happen. Mother earth asking why? - sadly the human is selfish ... I just hope we can heal our land and seas ... lovely poem - cheers Hilary

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    1. Thanks, Humans are selfish but I do think more are becoming aware and thats a start

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  3. Overstromingen komen hier ook regelmatig voor, gelukkig is het al weer lang geleden dat we de echte Watersnood hadden in 1953, ik herinner me het echter nog heel goed ik was 5 jaar, en mijn vader voer met een roeiboot rond onze boerderij, waar we eigenlijk vandaan moesten maar toch gebleven zijn. Het ging goed, bij ons wel.....
    Ik vind je gedicht prachtig, je hebt talent.

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    1. Dankjewel Janneke :) Wow dat je dat nog zo goed herinnert Het heeft dus veel indruk gemaakt. Wij zijn een keer geëvacueerd geweest toen we in leuth (by Nijmegen) woonde en de dijken bijna braken. Gelukkig konden na een week weer veilig terug keren

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  4. Ja het wordt een werelwijd probleem al dat water. IJskappen smelten en overal stijgt het water.

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    1. Ja inderdaad Ik hoorde dat de ingenieurs in Nederland hard werken aan de dijken. Het wordt een groot probleem in de toekomst

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  5. I think we have influenced our climate (despite the deniers) with our pollution of both the seas and the atmosphere. We see it in significant changes in the ice caps and the alteration in weather patterns. Let's hope it is not too late to rectify this but it will be difficult while so much money is still being made in dirty manufacturing and mining.

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    1. I hear you Again money is behind a lot of this appalling behaviour

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  6. Nature is a force to be reckoned with you convey that so well here

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  7. I see these storms as singing with "bouncing beads" we can sing along to. What an image! I am certain that mother earth thus sounds the alarm, and, as your poem insists, hers is a war on terror. A mighty fine poem.

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    1. Thanks Susan I feel sorry for our children

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  8. I hope your house hasn't been damaged.

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    1. No thanks Diane We have been lucky up till now

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  9. This is so real... my city just got hit with a deluge this week, 140 mms overnight.. and this I think is going to get worse and more and more frequent. And it is all our doing, sadly.

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    1. You are so right. It is something that is going to be on the increase

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  10. I had never see that in real life - looks terrible(
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    1. It does look terrible doesn't it Followed you

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  11. Interesting how the poet enters the scenario at the last two stanzas

    much love...

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  12. Your poem is chock full of lovely descriptive phrases. I enjoyed it!

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  13. Yes, it is we humans causing so much distress. I always hurt for the animals who suffer these events. Wildfires here burned 30,000 livestock this summer and uncounted wildlife.

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    1. Yes it's horrible isn't it and they are helpless and it is non of their making

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  14. Flooding is so tragic. But, of course, there is NO climate change. (Being facetious here!) And, indeed, so many times we ask the question "Why???"

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  15. Thank you. Your words brought me closer to a flood than I have ever been.

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  16. The sound of the rushing waters can be a frightening sound. I can so relate to this Marja!

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  17. Excellent poem. No, we can't control each other, much less the weather. I know I for one will not give up y 15 year old Toyota for the world. But at least it isn't a gas guzzler.

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  18. Yes bobbing bottles and toxins. Oh we're immersed into boundless sin. "terrorising her": these two words are visceral.

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  19. 'A river meandering through town charcoal clouds looming above releasing a relentless rainfall striking the streets with speed' ...this is so powerful.. so vivid!

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  20. "Flooded with thoughts" and real water rising. Hopefully we can adapt.

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  21. I would love it if everyone rode bicycles. The people who do now (I see them when I ride) always have big smiles on their faces. It would be so nice. Of course, the floods might just ruin that idea. Lol!

    Climate control is just that, nil. Because we can't control what we have made. Man makes things happen and when they fail it's always blamed on nature. So sad.

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    1. Yes everyone on the bike. Completely normal in Holland. We can surely make a change for the future Here in Christchurch I see changes happening. Bike path appear everywhere . Local economy and self produce is stimulated. Markets are back, repair cafes are starting. There is a lot which can be done and in the future I am sure we will go back to local economies. It is a slow process but our only survival chance

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Thank you!!